Deciding whether to tell your employer you have hemophilia can feel overwhelming, especially if symptoms affect your work. Learn about your legal protections, how to request reasonable accommodations, and practical steps to prepare for a confident, solution-focused conversation.

Hemophilia is a rare disorder in which a person’s blood is not able to clot properly, resulting in unusually easy and prolonged bleeding.

There are several types of hemophilia, a rare bleeding disorder wherein the blood fails to clot properly. Hemophilia A and B are the most common types, while hemophilia C is comparatively rare.

In the U.S., hemophilia A is estimated to affect one in every 5,000 male births, hemophilia B one in 25,000 male births, and hemophilia C one in every 100,000 people (males and females). Hemophilia A is thus four times more common than hemophilia B, and about 10 times more common than…

Hemophilia, a disorder characterized by excessive bleeding, is caused by the lack of activity of certain clotting factors, which are proteins that are needed to form blood clots.

Hemophilia A is a rare genetic disorder that affects the blood’s ability to clot properly. It is the most common form of hemophilia, responsible for 80% of all cases.

Hemophilia is a rare disorder in which the blood doesn’t clot properly, resulting in the disease’s hallmark symptoms of bleeds — excessive bleeding that extends over a prolonged period of time — that in turn leads to other complications.

Although no cure for hemophilia is currently available, a number of therapies can be used to control bleeding and other symptoms. These treatments can substantially increase life expectancy by lowering the risk of life-threatening complications such as bleeding in the brain, especially in people with severe hemophilia.